Language Arts Curriculum
Transitional Kindergarten-Fourth Grade English Language Arts
Our Transitional Kindergarten through fourth grades teach literacy using the McGraw-Hill Wonders curriculum. Wonders is an evidence-based K–4 English Language Arts program that empowers students to take an active role in learning and exploration. Students will enjoy multiple opportunities to express and assess themselves through reading, writing, and speaking. They will encounter the right content at the right moment in their learning journey to promote strong educational outcomes for all.
Information on the Wonders curriculum can be found here: Wonders Curriculum
5th-8th Grade English Language Arts
Students in 5th-8th grade will learn the essential skills required in ELA through the EL Education curriculum. The curriculum combines standards-aligned content with effective instructional practice, bringing together the “what” and the “how” of the Common Core standards.
In our curriculum…
- Students get excited about learning through great books, compelling topics and ownership of their own learning.
- Teachers get a vision of the instructional practices that support a Common Core-aligned classroom and the tools to create it.
- Four 8-week modules, with 3 units in each, comprise a full year’s curriculum. Each module progresses in a standard sequence: Building Background Knowledge (Unit 1), Extended Reading and Research (Unit 2), and Extended Writing (Unit 3). Modules are linked by “big ideas” and “guiding questions” that speak to both the standards and the content. Each module is anchored by one or more books—not textbooks or anthologies—that have been carefully chosen to take the guesswork out of selecting texts.
- All students read the same increasingly complex texts, and teachers are given lesson-specific strategies for meeting all students’ needs. Each module has 7 assessments – 3 mid-unit, 3 end-of-unit and one culminating performance task that always involves writing from evidence. Science and Social Studies content reinforces literacy strategies across the disciplines.
Information on the 5-8 curriculum can be found here:
Math Curriculum
Eureka Math Squared: TK-8
Eureka Math Squared is a complete, Pre-K through 12 curriculum that carefully sequences the mathematical progressions into expertly crafted modules. Eureka Math Squared provides educators with a comprehensive suite of innovative curriculum, in-depth professional development, books, and support materials. Eureka Math Squared, a Common Core-aligned curriculum published by the non-profit Great Minds Inc., equates mathematical concepts to stories, with the aim of developing conceptual understanding. Like Common Core, it encourages students to use various mental strategies to solve problems, and to focus on the process instead of the answer.
Eureka Math Squared in Sync digital suite makes knowledge unstoppable by taking everything you love about Eureka Math Squared and adding short, digestible videos for each lesson. Downloadable, fillable PDFs allow students to show their work and communicate with teachers via annotations and comments.This hybrid learning environment lets teachers and students toggle seamlessly between home and classroom without developing any knowledge gaps. Eureka Math Squared has many parent-friendly features including: Homework Helpers, Parent Tip Sheets in English and Spanish, Curriculum Roadmaps, video tutorials, and parent support. Parents may learn more about Eureka Math Squared through the Great.
Information on the Eureka Math Squared curriculum can be found here: https://greatminds.org/math.
Social Studies Curriculum
Michigan Open Book Project and MC3 Social Studies Series
Teachers will use the Michigan Open Book Project Social Studies curriculum that was developed by Michigan Teachers in combination with the MC3 Curriculum was created by several ISDs and RESAs to assist local school districts in implementing the new social studies content expectations. It provides high quality curriculum materials for free through its website. This program supports our mission of providing a rigorous, academic and cultural program where our children learn to become healthy, responsible citizens, life-long learners, and world leaders. Our use of this program will help bridge the gap for children and families by providing an opportunity for consistency in their educational continuum.
Science Curriculum
TK-1 Mystery Science
Students will learn through discovery and hands-on activities how the world works through this engaging science curriculum. To learn more about Mystery Science, you may visit their link at: https://mysteryscience.com. Science lessons are also incorporated in the CKLA English Language Arts curriculum.
2-8 Foss Science
FOSS (Full Option Science System) is a research-based science curriculum for grades K-8 developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley. The best way for students to appreciate the scientific enterprise, learn important scientific and engineering concepts, and develop the ability to think well is to actively participate in scientific practices through their own investigations and analyses. The FOSS Program was created specifically to provide students and teachers with meaningful experiences through engaging with this active participation in scientific practices.